Traction-vehicle.



N0. 836,875. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906. F. H. GILBERT.

TRAGTION VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JMLQ, 190e.

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TRAQTlUNNVEHlGhN No, essere.

.To all whom it may concern:

v Be it known that l, Fnnnnrorr H. GILBERT, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in thecounty o'Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful improvements in Wind Traction,4

of which the following is a specification.

, The obj ect of my invention is to utilize the wind in propelling vehicles or operating Inachinery, and l accomplish this object. by means of the device described herein and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan'oi the running-gear of a vehicle with my device secured to one wheel Fig'. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

. Fig. 3 is an elevation of an enlarged wheel,

showing parts of my device secured thereto; Fig. 4'is a central vertical section of my de- Lvice, taken on the line 4.- a of Fig. 3.

ln the drawings, Arepresents the wheels ci the running-gear, and B the frame thereof,

in the center of which is mounted the seat for the driver, in front of which is the steeringcolumn C. Mounted on the axle E are the wind propelling-wheels D, one wheel of the vehicle only being shown in the drawings as' yequipped with a wind-wheel.

To show more would unnecessarily obscure the drawino's. These wind-wheels are mounted coaxially with the wheels ofthe vehicle in the manner shown in the drawings, as follows: The wheel A. is loosely mounted onl theslee've O of the axle O, which forms a bearing for the snp plemental axle E, the spur-gear G being 'bolted to the .wheel A. On the inner end of this axle E, which projects thron h the sleeve 0, is keyed the brake-drum The v axle E carries keyed thereon, as at J', the re'u -1nes es in turn with the spnr-gear l andgirnn parts motion to the gear L, mounted on the same shaft and revolving therewith. The spur-gear L meshes with .the spnegear G,

Specincation of Lettere Patent. 'v apprenne no num; 9.1905. eeen no.' 295.286.

Patented Nov. 2*?5 M306.

' and thereb transmits motion horn the windwheel to t e wheel of the vehicle. The dimensions of the spur-gears will indicate the number oi revolutions which the wind-wheels will-make to one revolution ot the wheels of the vehiclen Thi s is determined bythe number of coge on the various spur-gears Gr, H, I, and L, the relativey size of which can be changed tor snit the use to which the vehicle is intended to be pnt;

The steerhig gear usually-employed in` autovehicles is not shown, as the same constitutes no part of my invention. A. bandloralre M extends from the hand-brake lever ,N' around the brake-drum F, and the move l ment of the vehicle is controlled thereby. A Whenit is desired to start lthe vehicle, thebrake is thrown into engagement with the brake-drum and acting in a manner similar to the clutch'in an'anto'mobile will radually start the vehicle. .The brake-ban slipping on the drum as the brake is thrown into po' sition will gradually and easily start the car. Aslong as the brake `is set the wheels of thel vehicle will be connected with the Windwheels and the vehicle will move; but upon releasing the brake the windwheels and the wheels and the vehicle will be disconnected and the vehicle will gradually come to a stop. The revolving arms,'which when the vehicle is moving remain stationary, will now idle and revolve'aronnd on the supplemental axle in a direction reverse to that in which the windwheel is moving. When the brake-drum is prevented from revolving by reason of the engagernenttherewith of the brake-band, the

swinging arms will come to a stop, compel-- ling the wheel of the vehicle to move in the direction in which the wind-wheels are mow mg.

Having described my invention, what I- clailn as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. lnan autovehicle ada ted tio be propolled by wind, the hereindescribed means to connect a wind-wheel with a wheel of the vehicle vcomprising a supplemental axle, a

spur-gear keyed to the huh of the vehicle and` -I adapted to mesh with a spnngear mounted on a shaftl carried oria revolving arm, a revolving arm keyed on the supplerfiental axle,

a Sule-gear keyedon each end oi said shaft an adapted to mesh one with' a spurear .n'lgidlyY aixedto the hub of the wind-w eel and the other with a spur-gear keyed to the.

windwheel, a brake-drum keyed on the inner end of said supplementaryvs'haft, a Windkeyed thereon on the inner end thereof the with the brake-band Wheel carried bysaidv shait incombination with means to brake the br'ale-.drum`when desired. v

2. In a device of the characterhereln described, a supplementaryv axle E 'having brake-drum F, the said Supplementary axle carrying keyed -thereto the revolving arm J, a bolt K extending through the outer end orI said revolving arm and carrying on one end thereof the spur-gear L and on the other end thereof the s viur-gear I, a Aspur-gearGr keyed to the axle or the Wheel A, the wind-Wheel D. having secured thereto the spur-gear II adapted to mesh with the spur-gear'K, the,l said Wind-Wheell being loosely mounted on,- the supplementary shaft E in combination Mand thebrake -lever N substantially as hereinv shown and de scribed. I 3. Ina vehicle' adapted to bepropelled by' Wind and having Windy-wheels, the herein-dei 'scribed Ameans to operatively connect the Wind-Wheels to the Wheels' of the vehicle comprising a supplementary axle rotatively mounted on the axle of the vehicle, a brakedrum on` the inner end of saidV su plementary axle, the said supplementary ax e carrying a revolving arm keyed thereon and a wind- Wheel loosely mounted thereon, a shaft loosely carried on the free endiof the revolving armand having a spur-gear keyed on each end thereof, one of the spur-gears ada ted to '5 mesh with a spur-gear rigidly aixe to the Wheel of the vehicle and the other spur-gear adapted to mesh with a spur-gear rigidly Y afiixed to the Wind-Wheel and'braking means substantially as herein shown and described. In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hejgeunto subscribed my name this 30th day of ecember, 1.90

5 v FREDRICK H.v GILBERT.

. Witnesses M. AjJoivEs, G. E. HARPHAM. 

